Temporary binder.



No. 841,705. PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

- L.\ M. MORDBN.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR; 22. 1902.

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5% %w gow h. zwmam x LUGENA M. MORDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed March 22, 1902. Serial No. 99,899.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCENA M. MORDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at 59 Grand street, Waterbury, New Haven county, State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTemporary Binders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to that class of temporary binders inwhich rings are secured immovably upon the upper surface of a file boardor base and provided each with a hinged section, by opening whichperforated sheets can be inserted and removed.

The invention is adapted for use in pads, books with double covers, andto files and writing-boards of wood, metal, or other material.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings,in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention applied to a file orwriting board. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is anenlarged side view of one of the rings, parts being broken away to showthe construction. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the file or writingboard and metal base-plate made in one piece with the ring attached,"and Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the file or writing boardwithout the ring.

The file-rings are shown of ordinary con struction, the body having amember 2, to which the movable section 3 is hinged, and the member 4 toreceive the perforated sheets 5, and against which member the hingedsection closes. The opening position of the hinged section 3 is shown indotted lines in Fig. 1 The sheets 5 are shown resting upon a file-board6. The metal plate 7 forms the upper part or side of a base which may beeX- tended to form the file-board or attached to the edge of a woodenboard 6. The metal base may be folded as shown in Fig. 2, so as to slipupon the edge of a wooden board as'a kind of clasp, and may be detachedand applied thereto at pleasure with or without a fastening device.

In the present invention the rings are fitted to depressions or seats 13upon the surface of the metal plate and are secured therein by a rod 9,extended through a hole 10 in each ring and held upon the surface of theplate by eyepieces 8 formed thereon. One of the depressions or notchedseats 13 is shown in Fig. 6, a longitudinal groove 12 being pressed inthe surface of the plate in line with and transverse to the eyepieces 8.The eyepieces are arched. upwardly at each side of the seat to hold thepin firinly adjacent to the ring. The recess or seat 13 is soproportioned that the insertion of the pin 9 through the hole 10 in eachring and beneath the eyepieces 8 clamps the bottoms of the rings firmlyupon the plate and holds them rigidly thereon in an upright position.The hinged section of the ring may thus be opened and closed or thesheets shifted from one side of the ring to the other without changingthe position of the ring, as the same are firmly held upon thebase-plate. A seat 13 is formed in the base-plate in the positiondesired for each of the rings to be mounted thereon, and the seats maybe in the form of depressions, as shown in Fig. 4, or as recesses cutout of the metal, as shown in Fig. 5, or in any other suitable Way thatwill brace the rings and hold them in an upright position. The plate 7is preferably formed with the depression 12 for the rod 9, as it notonly holds the rod and rings from any lateral movement upon the plate,but reduces the elevation required for the eyepieces 8, by which the rodis retained with the rings upon the plate.

In the form shown in Fig. 4 the file or board 6 is made of sheet metalwith the edge folded back upon the body, as shown at 14.

The portion of the plate in which the seats 13 are formed is marked 7 inthis figure. It is obvious that the plate 7 may be attached to the undercover of a book-binding, so that the rings may be inclosed between theupper and under covers and a flexible back.

The ring shown in Fig. 3 has parallel sides; but it will be understoodthat the shape of the ring is immaterial in the present invention,provided each ring has an upper hinged section and a hole 10 through thebody of the ring to engage the rod 9.

It will be seen that the various parts of the structure can be readilyassembled by placing the rings successively in the seats 13 andthreading the rod 9 successively throughthe same beneath the eyepieces8. The construction thus greatly facilitates the manufacture of suchtemporary binders.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimedherein is 1. In a loose-leaf binder, the combination, with a supportingplate or base having a series of seats 13 extended below its flat uppersurface transverse to the edge of the plate with a pair of eyepieces 8one at each side of and above the bottom of each seat, of a rod 9 fittedmovably to the eyepieces and across the said seats, and a series offile-rings secured in the said seats, and having each an upper hingedsection and a hole 10 through the body of the ring at the bottom thereofadapted to engage the rod 9 and to hold the rilng rigidly in an uprightposition upon the p ate.

2. In a loose-leaf binder, the combination, with a supporting plate orbase having a series of seats 13 extended below its fiat upper surfacetransverse to the edge of the plate with a pair of eyepieces 8 one ateach side of and above the bottom of each seat, and the groove 12 in theplate in line with the eyepieces as set forth, of a rod 9 fitted movablyto the groove 12 and eyepieces and extended across the said seats, and aseries of file-rings secured in the said seats and having each an upperhinged section and a hole 10 through the body-of the ring at the bottomadapted to engage the rod 9 and to hold the ring rig- 3 idly in anupright position upon the plate.

3. In a loose-leaf binder, the combination. with a plurality ofpaper-holding rings formed with an upper hinged section, of thefile-board 6 having the metallic plate 7 made in folded 3 form andfitted to the edge of the board as a clasp, the folded metal plate beingprovided with a seat for each of the said rings and means for securingthe rings rigidly in an upright position in the said seats. 4

4. 1n aloose-leaf binder, the combination, with a supporting-plate 7having a seat 13 extended below its flat surface transverse to the edgeof the plate, with a pair of eyepieces 8 at each side" of and above thebottom of 4 such seat, of the rod 9 fitted movably to the eyepieces andacross the said seats, and a filering secured in the said seat andhaving an upper hinged section and the hole 10 through the body of thering at the bottom thereof, 5 adapted to engage the rod 9 and to holdthe rilng rigidly in an upright position upon the p ate.

LUCENA M. MORDEN.

Witnesses:

H. A. VVEs'r, MATTHEW BURNS.

